Newspaper-packaging means



M. B. McNAB.

NEWSPAPER PACKAGING MEANS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 26.1911.

1,369,448. Patented Feb. 22, 1921.'

III I M. B. MC NAB vwemtoz.

UNITI-:n STATES PATENT,` oFFlcE.

MALCQMB B. MDNAB, OF OMAHA., NEBRASKA.

' NEWSPAPER-PACKAGING MEANS.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, MALCOLM B. MCNAB, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Omaha, in the county of Douglas and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Newspaper-Packaging Means, of which the followin is a specification. i

y invention relates to the general class of special receptacles and packages, and it is the object thereof to provide a receptacle and packaging means especially adapted to facilitate the handling and local distribution of newspapers, whereby the papers may be taken directly from the press in counted bunches, placed in the receptacles, inclosed and protected thereby durin their transportation to the point of distri ution, and removed from the receptacle with the bunch-count thereof preserved thereby reducin to a minimum the labor involved in handling the apers, expeditin bution thereo avoidin loss o papers due to wetting and soiling t ereof during transportation to the distributin points, and

. conserving the supplies of cor age commonly employed in making up packages of news papers. t

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view o receptacles embodying my invention, together with the preferred means for supportin the same in open form while they are being filled, Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one of the receptacles filled' and closed, Fig. 3 is a erspective view of one of the supporting-rack brackets, and Fig. 4 is a similar view of one of the rods or arms therefor.

The receptacles provided by my inven" tion are preferably constructed of strong and flexible material such as canvas or cotton duck of such weight as to be durable under the conditions of wear and usage to which the same are subjected. Each rece tacle is of oblong rectangular form, t e transverse section thereof being substantially the ysame in size and shape as the folded papers which it is to contain, and the inclosing walls thereof comprising a back or bottom 5, side-pieces 6, end-pieces 7 and a4 top or front-piece 8. The edges of the parts 5, 6, 7 and 8 are permanently secured together by suitable means, such as the seams or stitching 9. The longitudinal extent of the part 8 is approximately one-half that of the parts 5 and 6, but said part 8 is inthe distritegral or continuous with a 10 which forms a movable cover and forms the re- Speclcation o'f Letters Patent. Patented Feb. 22, 1921 appncanon mea :une 2e, 19'17. serial no. 181,643.

mainder of that wall of the receptacle of 'Y which one end-portion consists of said part 8. 'Ifhe free edges of thel lid' or cover 10 'are provided with aps 11 adapted to overhang the respectivel adjacent edges of the sidepieces 6 and en' 7, and upon said edges of the cover there are secured a plurality of straps or tabs 12 carrying at their ends spring-snaps 13 adapted for enga ment with rings 14 carried on the ends oorresponding straps or tabs 15 secured to the body of the receptacle, as shown. By means of said tabs, snaps and rings the cover is retainedin the closed position thereof shown in Fig. 2. The edges of the body-portion are preferably reinforced adjoining the o thereof by strips 16 secured on the inside of the body by seams or stitching 17, and additional reinforcing patches 18 may be provided for the contiguous corners of the parts 6, 8 and l( The ends 7 are also preferably rovided on their inner sides with rein orcing patches, adapting the same to withstand the stresses produced by rope-handles 19 which are attached to the end-pieces as in erect and extended the same,

The supportin rack is preferably conu structed so as to old a plurality of the receptacles simultaneously, and a convenient form thereof is yshown in Fig. 1, with additional details in Figs. 3 and 4. In -the structure shown, a rail or bar 22 is secured to a wall 23 or other convenient support so as to extend, parallel to a oor 24 at aheight above the floor equal to the length of the largest receptacle'to be carried by the rack. On said rail or bar 22 at suitable intervals are secured brackets 25 of a form such as supporting yrack for holding the receptacle j position while filling shown in Fig. 3, each having in the upper Y side thereof two channels or grooves 26 extending at right angles to the bar 22 Yand adapted to receive portions of the mds or arms 21. The latter have downwardly f turned end-portions 27 which fit into sockets therefor formed in the rearward sides of the brackets and extending down from'the rear ends of the grooves 26. The brackets are preferably so formed that when the rods 21 are seated therein said rods will bev inclined slightly upward from their rear' to their front ends. When not in use the rods 21 ma be lifted in the sockets and turned para lel to the wall or bar 22.

In the use of the invention the supporting rack is placed in the newspaper pressroom at a position convenient to` the dehvery-tables of the press or presses. The receptacles are placed upon the sup orting ra'ck as shown in Fig. 1, being there y held erect and extended, the coverortions 10 being open and hanging down rom the attached edges thereof. With all modern newspaper presses the papers are delivered by the press in counted bunches (usually fifty papers to a bunch) and said counted bunches are stacked or piled in alternatelyreversed position, with the folded edges of. one bunch at the same sideof the ile as the loosev or free edges of the ad]oinin bunches, thus preserving the press-count and facilitating the subsequent distribution of the papers. The stacks or piles of counted bunches are placed directly into the recep-4 tacles, fitting therein as shown at the rig of Fig. 1, and the filling of the receptacles is readily effected owing to the erect and extended position in which the same are held by the supporting-rack. As each receptacle is filled, the cover 10 is raised and secured in closed position by attaching the snaps 13 to the rings 14, after which the receptacle is pulled off the arms of the supporting rack and turned so as to rest u on the floor as shown in Fig. 2. The fil ed and closed receptacles may then be taken directly from the press-room to the Wagons or trucks by which they are conveyed to the distributing-points, and meanwhile the papers are protected from dirt and moisture, as

Well as being retained in the press-counted bunches, so that recounting thereof (except for parts of a bunch) is unnecessary. The empty receptacles, being of liable or Hex!- into compact bundles and returned from the distributingstations to the newspaper plant, and the use of the same receptaclesmay be continued indefinitely.

The receptacles may be made of differentsizes as to the length thereof, for instance so as to have one-half or one-quarter the capacity of the full-size receptacles shown, thus providing for the distribution of quantities intermediate to multiples of the full zWhile t e mechanical embodiment of myinvention is of the utmost simplicity, its ipractical advantages may be best appreciatedby a comparison with the mode of handling the papers customarilyemployed heretofore in newspaper plants. Pa rs for local distribution are usually taken rom the press-room to a packaging-room where they are tied in bundles by means of ropes, stra s and the like, and are then taken to the truc s or wagons for conveyance to the distributing-stations. The bundles not being inclosed, a considerable proportion of the papers become soiled and torn, and during rainy weather .are a t to become watersoaked and practical y unsalable. There is thus a-n economic loss involving the waste of the papers soiled, torn or water-soaked, the labor employed in tying the bundles, the cordage used for tying the bundles, and the delay in delivery tof the distributingstations due to the tlme uired for tying the bundlesand conveying t e papers to the packaging-room.l It will be clearlyapparent that all of these losses are avoided by the use of my invention, and it may be noted that actual use ofmy packaging means for a period of several months in a metropolitan newspaper plant lhas shown an important saving of labor, cordage and print-paper stock, amounting in monetary value to lmany times the cost of installation of the equipment.

Now, having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: y

A flexible collapsible'newspaper packaging means com rising an oblon rectangular receptacle c osed at the top, ttom and back and sides and provided at the upper portion of the front with an opening, the side walls being parallel and provided adjacent the top of the receptacle at opposite y sides of the said opening with exterior hori- 

